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Apr 10, 2023 • 9min
NASA Is Getting Really Serious About Tracking Air Pollution
With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet.
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Apr 7, 2023 • 6min
Scientists Turned Monkey Stem Cells Into ‘Synthetic Embryos’
For the first time, researchers transferred them to the wombs of female monkeys, where the embryo-like structures produced a response similar to pregnancy.
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Apr 6, 2023 • 7min
The ‘Little Bang’ Helping Physicists Study the Infant Universe
By recreating an early state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma, scientists hope to understand the conditions that made the universe what it is today.
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Apr 5, 2023 • 3min
Finally, an Honest Conversation About Contraception
Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information.
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Apr 4, 2023 • 9min
Your First Lab-Grown Burger Won’t Contain Much Beef
Meat brewed in bioreactors is on the way, but it’s still too expensive. The solution? Add a whole lot of plants.
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Apr 3, 2023 • 10min
How Do People Live in Orbit? Ask the Space Archeologists
An innovative research project delivers new evidence about the challenging life of astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Mar 31, 2023 • 3min
This Blood Test Targets 50 Types of Cancer
Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.Read the article here
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Mar 30, 2023 • 7min
The Chemical Menace Inside Glaciers and Icebergs
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.
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Mar 29, 2023 • 8min
Plastics Are Devastating the Guts of Seabirds
New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.
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Mar 28, 2023 • 6min
California’s Atmospheric Rivers Are Getting Worse
As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.
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